Chapter 51: Childe Goes South
After getting married, Yang Xiaolan thought that she would live a happy life from now on, but unexpectedly found that her handsome husband Wu Minzhi turned out to be a person with a perverse and eccentric personality, who opposed his benefactor Empress Wu everywhere and did not abide by the etiquette law.
In this way, how can wealth last long?
The more Yang Xiaolan thought about it, the more frightened she became, and lamented: "I jumped out of the fire pit of the prince's illness, and then entered the fire pit of Wu Min's heart demon, all in all, I can't get rid of the tragic fate of being a widow!" Qianhong cried, Wanyan was sad together, poor people who are as beautiful as flowers in the world, why are they all so miserable? ”
What did Wu Minzhi do to disappoint his wife so much?
It turned out that after he got married, he continued to go his own way, coercing his love, pampering and arrogance, not caring about the feelings and future happiness of Yang Xiaolan, who was already pregnant, often messing with flowers and grass, and sometimes staying at his grandmother's house.
Whenever he violated the etiquette law and the Empress Wu wanted to punish him, the elderly Mrs. Rongguo paused with a cane and cared for him: "No one is allowed to touch the grandson of the old body, and whoever wants to move him will let the old body die in front of her first!" Minzhi, heart and liver baby, come to the old body! ”
Then, Mrs. Rongguo took Wu Minzhi into her arms, stroked his head and back, and said, "My heart and liver, my lovely grandson, fragrant, pink, how cute!" "Can't put it down with him!
In April of the first year of Xianheng, the ninety-one-year-old Mrs. Rongguo took Wu Minyi and followed the emperor to Jiucheng Palace to recuperate.
This year, there was drought, insect plague and famine in more than 40 states in the world, and the imperial court allowed the common people to go to the states to chase food.
(1) Personally interrogate the prisoner and pardon those who can be pardoned.
(2) Send the heavenly master to the famous mountains and rivers to pray for good weather and good weather.
(3) Amnesty for the world and change the Yuan Xianheng.
(4) Change Penglai Palace to Hanyuan Palace.
(5) Avoid the main hall and reduce meals.
(6) An edict was issued to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, in the first month of next year to seek food, so as to solve the problem of eating for civil and military officials.
Unexpectedly, the drought did not disappear, and there were man-made disasters. Since Princess Wencheng married into Tibet, she brought advanced production technology and tools to Tibet, and the national strength of the Tubo Kingdom has flourished.
After learning the culture of the Central Plains, the prime minister of Tubo talked about Qinling, and grew into a generation of famous ministers with great talents. However, he was not grateful to Datang, but used Datang as a test field for him to practice peerless martial arts.
Taking advantage of the Tang Dynasty's efforts to use troops in Liaodong and have no time to look westward, Qinling sent troops to capture Tuyuhun, and then captured eighteen prefectures in the Western Regions, and then united with Khotan to attack Qiuci City.
Li Zhi had no choice but to dismiss the establishment of the four towns of Qiuzi, Khotan, Yanqi and Shule, and appointed Xue Rengui, the general of the Right Weiwei, as the general of the Luosao Road March, and the general of the left guard, Ashina Daozhen, and the general of the Left Guard, Guo Beifeng, as the deputy commanders, to crusade against Tubo and assist Tuyuhun in recovering the country.
In July, Xue Rengui and Guo Beifeng led their troops to Dafeichuan, and were defeated by Tubo on Qinling, Xue Rengui and other three generals were exempted from death and removed from their names, and the land of Tuyuhun, Shanshan, and the end of the country was officially occupied by the Tubo Kingdom.
Because of the urgency of the military situation, Li Zhi and Empress Wu returned to the Xuanzheng Hall of Hanyuan Palace in Chang'an on August 17, and Mrs. Rongguo still stayed in Jiucheng Palace for treatment and recuperation.
After receiving the battle report of the defeat of Dafeichuan, the court was shocked and discussed. Empress Wu searched through the military books, found "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and said this to Li Zhi:
Sun Tzu said: If you raise an army and fight for profit, you will not be able to make a donation. That's why the armor is tending to be around, day and night, doubling the road, fighting for profit for a hundred miles, and capturing the three generals! ”
"Your Majesty was a little flustered because of the victory of Goguryeo, so he forgot his grandson's warning, and dispatched Xue Rengui, who was far away in Liaodong, to roll his armor for thousands of miles, double the road, and fight for profits for thousands of miles, how can there be no undefeated?"
Li Zhi suddenly realized and said, "Hey, if the lady had reminded me earlier, how could the country suffer a big loss?" Although I avoided the main hall and introspected myself, I still didn't think of this layer! ”
"In fact, Emperor Taizong has long used "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to teach me that those who are on the battlefield first and treat the enemy will be lost, and those who will be on the battlefield and tend to fight will work, so those who are good at fighting will cause people but not others. At the critical moment, how could I forget? Hey, look at this head, I often get dizzy! The lady still has to work hard for the country! ”
Empress Wu held Li Zhi's hand tightly and said, "No matter how difficult the situation is, the concubine must spend it with her husband!" ”
On September 14, Mrs. Rongguo, who had been chanting sutras and worshipping Buddha for many years, passed away due to illness at the age of 91! At that time, this age was only available to enlightened celestial masters, hermits, and eminent monks.
The coffin was transported back to Chang'an, the martial queen touched the coffin and cried bitterly, Li Zhi ordered the officials above the ninth grade of civil and military affairs and the women of the foreign life to go to the house of Mrs. Rongguo in Xiuxiangfang to cry and mourn, and posthumously presented Mrs. Rongguo as Mrs. Lu Guozhong.
The country is so difficult, and Wu Minzhi is still laughing and having fun, gloating. Yang Xiaolan persuaded again and again, Wu Minzhi always went in and out of his left ear, and he blamed his wife for being long-winded!
Yang Xiaolan was so angry that she cried when she saw that her husband didn't listen to her, and went back to her parents' house with her three-month-old son Wu Wan, Yang Sijian and Mrs. Zhang both liked this grandson very much.
During the mourning for Mrs. Lu Guozhong, Wu Minzhi did not abide by the etiquette law, and after returning home, he took off his decay and changed into auspicious clothes, and then sang and danced and watched the performance of courtesans.
Empress Wu's only baby daughter, Princess Taiping, was five years old and brought a group of palace maids to the house of Mrs. Lu Guozhonglie to mourn her grandmother. Wu Minzhi was living at his grandmother's house at the time, wearing a red brocade robe, and there was no sadness on his face.
The young princess Taiping also learned a little etiquette and said, "Cousin, grandma has ascended to the sky, why aren't you sad at all?" Even irrelevant outsiders came to wear linen and filial piety, kneeling down and crying! ”
Wu Minzhi replied impatiently: "You are still young, cousin! When you grow up, you'll naturally understand my feelings! ”
Seeing him watching the courtesan's performance, Princess Taiping said, "I have heard and persuaded that during the mourning period, singing and dancing, banquets, games, and weddings will all be stopped, so why doesn't my cousin obey the rules?" The queen wore Qi decaying clothes, went on a hunger strike in the palace, cried day and night, and tightened her waist to live a hard life. Grandma usually loves you the most, why don't you mourn? ”
Wu Minzhi looked at the red brocade robe on his body and said, "Hmph! My grandmother liked me when she was alive, what's wrong? If you can't get used to it, you can go out! He pointed to the door.
The palace maids were all indignant and whispered: "He is still a secretary and a bachelor of Hongwenguan, I'm afraid he hasn't read the volume of "Etiquette and Mourning Clothes", and he doesn't even understand basic etiquette!" Hee-hee......"
Wu Minzhi was furious when he heard this, and blasted Princess Taiping and the palace maid out of the room, and slammed the door of the room shut. When it was time for dinner, Wu Min's servants bought wine and meat, and ate and drank while listening to the joy of silk and bamboo.
Princess Taiping and the accompanying palace maid lit a fire in the kitchen to cook, and each drank a small bowl of rice porridge.
After the palace maids drank the porridge, they continued to talk about Wu Minzhi, saying: "The emperor and the queen are crying and mourning in the palace, wearing all the decaying clothes, removing music and dance, and banquets. ”
Some palace maids said: "The slave maid not only has not read the "Zhou Li", "Etiquette" and "The Book of Rites", but also the "Book of Filial Piety", I don't know the word loyalty and filial piety, and even the big black dog raised by the slave and maid is not as good!" ”
After Wu Minzhi heard these unbearable words, his anger rose, and evil fire gushed out. He rolled his eyes, came up with a bad plan, and said to the palace maids: "Good sister, don't report what you have seen and heard here to the queen!" Ben Gongzi will not be able to eat and walk around! ”
The palace maid said: "The slave and maid only know the word loyalty and filial piety, and they are conscientious and filial. ”
Wu Minzhi said: "Whether you tell me or not, I have valuable gifts to give!" Please come with me, the West Wing, all kinds of land and water treasures, you can choose! ”
The palace ladies were curious, so they all followed him. When he came to the west wing, Wu Minzhi slammed the door of the room shut, ignoring the screams of the palace maids, and ruined them.
After the palace maids were humiliated, they did not dare to tell Princess Taiping for fear of being blamed. After Princess Taiping finished mourning at her grandmother's house, she took the palace maids back to the palace, and then reported Wu Minzhi's impolite behavior to the queen mother.
On the 3rd day of the leap month, Empress Wu saw that the world had been in drought for a long time, and the six measures taken by Li Zhi were not effective, so she took the initiative to ask to give up the position of queen to avoid the curse of heaven, but Li Zhi did not allow it.
A few days later, Li Zhijia presented the warrior Yu as the Taiwei and the king of Taiyuan, and the wife of Lu Guozhong as the princess of Taiyuan. Empress Wu's strategy of retreating into advance was successful.
Li Zhi also arranged a guard of honor to escort the princess of Taiyuan out of the funeral, and ordered the civil and military officials and foreign women who had gone to Beijing to escort the coffin of the princess of Taiyuan to the Xianyang Benqiao guest house, and then bid farewell.
When Princess Taiyuan chose the cemetery site before her death, she clearly told the Empress Wu that she was unwilling to return to Nanxu Village, Wenshui County to be buried with the samurai, which was the sad place she had been.
Empress Wu expressed her understanding and approval, and sent a feng shui master to carefully select the longevity domain for A-Niang, and finally selected Hongbinyuan, Fengxian Township, Xianyang County, which has a wide field of vision and beautiful mountains and rivers, as the cemetery.
Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Han were also buried in the cemetery of Princess Taiyuan in Hongbin, Fengxian Township.
After the burial of the princess of Taiyuan, the Empress Wu gave out A-Niang's Xiuxiangfang residence, as Taiyuan Temple, and sent the capital Dade to shave the monks in Taiyuan Temple, chanting the Buddha for A-Niang, in order to sow blessings.
Empress Wu took out the big Ruijin and coins from the right treasury and handed them to Wu Minzhi, and asked him to build a Buddha house and Buddha statue in Taiyuan Temple, chasing blessings for his grandmother who loved him the most.
But Wu Minzhi didn't build a Buddha house and Buddha statue for his grandmother, but took away the Darui brocade and coins for private use.
In the first month of the second year of Xianheng, the emperor and queen went to the eastern capital to chase food, took her beloved Princess Taiping to travel together, and left the crown prince Li Hong in Chang'an to supervise the country.
By the summer, several of Princess Taiping's maids had large bellies and showed obvious signs of pregnancy.
Empress Wu found out and sent someone to interrogate the maid, only to know that it was a good thing done by Wu Minzhi.
Empress Wu was so angry that she gritted her teeth and scolded this nephew for being so angry, even the precious daughter of the emperor dared to bully her, and she didn't take the royal family seriously! I have endured him for a long time in the face of A-Niang, but this time I can't bear it anymore! So the above table denounced Wu Minzhi's sins, please add to the banishment.
On June 11, Wu Minzhi, the prince of Zhou, was reinstated to his original surname Helan for his crimes, removed his name, and exiled to Leizhou. Leizhou is in the far south, on the Leizhou Peninsula north of Hainan Island.
When Jin Wuwei was about to arrest He Lan Minzhi, Yang Xiaolan came to say goodbye to him with her one-year-old son He Lanwan.
Helan Minzhi looked at Helan Wan, who was growing up healthily, wept sadly, and said: "I can't share the joy of family with my mother, and I will rely on my mother to raise this son in the future!" My son's life is miserable, Mo Nian Aya, Ayah is a psychopath, ah, I went, Mo Nian Aya! ”
Yang Xiaolan said to her son: "Son, call Aya quickly!" If you don't call it now, you won't be able to see Aya in the future! I can't call it anymore! "Ah, yes, yes!" Helan Wan shouted in a childish voice.
Helan Minzhi showed a smile and said, "It's so heartwarming! Yang Xiaolan said: "Lang Jun has a long way to go, you must take care of your body!" The concubine and Wan'er are waiting for you to come back at home! ”
Helan Minzhi said: "Okay, I will definitely fight for it back!" But the road is dangerous, jackals, tigers and leopards, poisonous snakes and centipedes, if I can't come back, please raise Wan'er well, tell him not to learn Aye, be a good man! ”
The two were visiting each other, and Jin Wuwei was already waiting impatiently and urged to go on the road. Helan Minzhi turned around and left, reluctant to give up, turned around three times in one step, and turned around and shouted: "Rice cabinet, lady!" Rice cabinet, rice cabinet! ”
Yang Xiaolan hugged He Lanwan and waved goodbye to him!
Back at home, Yang Xiaolan handed over her son to the nanny to take care of, and thought about the meaning of Lang Jun's shouting "rice cabinet". She opened the rice cabinet and saw that there was a rice bag inside, and there was nothing in the rice bag!
She walked around the rice cabinet and decided to move it, not daring to call for help, because there might be a big secret in it. With all her might, she slowly moved open the rice cabinet and found a mechanism on the wall behind the rice cabinet. She turned the mechanism, and the ground cracked, and a wellhead appeared.
Yang Xiaolan looked at it, and it turned out that there were two semicircular small doors on the ground, and after touching the mechanism, the small doors opened. Inside the wellhead is a centipede ladder, which is very long.
Yang Xiaolan closed the door of the room, and then climbed down the centipede ladder, using the faint light to inspect the situation in the basement at the bottom of the well. I saw that the basement was about the size of a wing, and there were many gold and silver treasures and all kinds of curiosities and curiosities in it.
Yang Xiaolan suddenly understood that this was all the wealth accumulated by Helan Minzhi, and it was handed over to her before leaving. She was moved to tears and thought silently: I must wait for you to come back, and I will definitely cultivate Wan'er!
Besides, Helan Minzhi walked south from Chang'an under the escort of two officials.
Along the way, there was endless hardship, and he was often humiliated by two officials. Ya Gongjia scolded: "Cast such a good tire, you TM is a waste!" He was given a club and beaten until he screamed in pain.
Ya Gong Yi also scolded: "What a guy who doesn't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings!" And he gave him a club, and he was beaten until he cried out in pain.
Fortunately, he secretly hid some gold and silver, so he had to take them out with great reluctance at this time. The official received the money, smiled happily, and stopped embarrassing him for the time being!
On August 6, when he walked to the territory of Shaozhou, Helan Minzhi's silver was almost spent, and he had a premonition that he would be beaten again, so he cried bitterly.
One of the officials beat him with a stick, and the other put a stick on his back, and scolded: "Go away, what are you crying about?" Like a. ”
Helan Minzhi sobbed: "What is the most painful thing in life? ”
"What is it?" The officials asked curiously. Helan Minzhi said sadly: "People are alive, but the money is gone." ”
Ya Gong A hit him with a stick again and said, "Wow, so your kid has no money?" I told you that you have no money......"
Ya Shi Yi beat him on the leg with a stick, and at the same time taught him a lesson: "You kid doesn't want to be the nephew of the queen's mother, Wo Kao, it's impossible for us to be reincarnated as the nephew of a county monarch!" You don't know the blessings in the blessings, you haven't suffered from the hardships of the farmers, and you don't know the word poverty! I'll give you a taste of sorrow today. ”
Helan Minzhi couldn't stand it anymore under the blow of the double stick, and shouted hoarsely: "Oh......"
The two officials took a few steps back and stared at him in surprise. Helan Minzhi took out the last ingot of silver and said, "If any of you can do 200 push-ups, whoever will take them and spend them!" ”
The two officials had a glow in their eyes, and they fell to the ground and did push-ups together.
Helan Minzhi took out the reins of the horse that had been prepared and tied them to the locust tree on the side of the road, and then stretched out his neck and hanged himself!
The two officials tried their best to do push-ups, but in the end they couldn't do it anymore, they all lay on the ground panting, and looked up after panting: "Ouch, my mother!" ”
I saw Helan Minzhi like a hanging basket echoing on the locust tree in the distance, and it was already cool.
The two officials carried Helan Minzhi's body to the Shaozhou official office in despair, and reported the escort to the Shaozhou assassin history, of course, they would not say anything about extorting gold and silver, only that he was impatient to fight and sought death by himself.
After hearing this, Shaozhou Thorn Shi nodded and said, "Well, it's very good, it's very powerful, it's very yellow and it's violent!" You are on the verge of breaking the law, and you have forgotten the precept of civilized and fair law enforcement. Come and pull them out, and each of them will be beaten with forty boards. ”
"Wronged, Prince! Wronged, Fujun! The prince of the house spares his life, the prince of the mansion spares his life! The entire yamen suddenly resounded with the voice of crying for mercy. The gold and silver ingots extorted by the two officials also fell out and were confiscated by the assassin history!
The news of Helan Minzhi's suicide reached Chang'an, and Empress Wu said: "Minzhi is obedient and stubborn, deviant, and it is not a pity to die." It's a pity that this palace has worked hard to cultivate him for ten years, and the cultivation work has been ruined, which is regrettable! How much love can be redone? How many people are worth the wait? It's all about to start from scratch again! ”
After Yang Xiaolan heard the news of her husband's suicide, she cried for a few days, and asked someone to build a lookout platform on the south side of her house, and looked south to commemorate Helan Minzhi!
In the second year, Yang Xiaolan took her son Helan Wan to the Wangfu Tower, looked at Nan to burn paper money and sacrifice, and said, "Minzhi, is your spirit in the sky okay?" Wan'er is a year older again, he is smart and sensible! Can you see it? ”
In the tenth year, Yang Xiaolan took Helan Wan to the Wangfu Tower, looked at Nan to burn paper money and sacrifice, and said, "Minzhi, is your spirit in the sky okay?" Can you see that your son looks more and more like you? ”
In the twentieth year, Yang Xiaolan and Helan Wan ascended the Wangfu Tower, looked at the south to burn paper money and sacrifice, and said: "Minzhi, is your spirit in the sky okay?" My son has grown up, is familiar with the scriptures, and knows how to read and learn! A person has taken his son for so many years, and the concubine is also old, so it's time to rest! ”
After another eighteen years, in August of the third year of Jinglong, He Lanwan had become the imperial servant and was named the Duke of Korea. After Helan Wan asked Emperor Li Xian for approval, he moved the remains of Aye Helan Minzhi from the south to the vicinity of the original Shunling Tomb in Hongbinyuan, Xianyang, and let him accompany his grandmother, who loved him the most.
Helanwan's mother, Yang Xiaolan, was also named Mrs. Hongnong, who was not only rich but also long-lived. Su Ying, a member of the Chinese Scholars, drafted a canonization book and praised Yang Xiaolan: The history of the German constitution, leisure and its nature, the rules of the family, and the rules of the house!
On the Qingming Festival of the following year, Yang Xiaolan took a carriage with her son and grandson to Xianyang Hongbin Yuan Shunling to burn paper to pay tribute. She stood in front of her husband's tombstone and said with tears in her eyes: "Minzhi, is your spirit in the sky okay?" Today's Helan family is full of children and grandchildren, and it took the concubine and son thirty-eight years to correct the mistakes you made! So people, it's better not to make mistakes! ”
"It's a pity that some people don't become the crown princess because of their concubines, but the concubines are glad that they didn't become the crown princess! Take a look at the fate of the crown princess Pei Xiaolian, she was buried thirty-two years ago, and she went on behalf of the concubine! Thank you for the rice cabinet, Toshiyuki! Let the concubine persist until now, may there be no death and terror in heaven, rest in peace, Helan Minzhi, the concubine's Langjun! ”